NUTS-3 DEB3D · Germany
Donnersbergkreis
Export region data (CSV)Donnersbergkreis generates €2.5bn of GDP across 74.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.0%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (86th EU percentile) and weakest for health (45th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.8
Livability69
Market access85
Economic scale11
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
40
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability80
Diversification25
Demographic stability36
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
71.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density86
Airport access44
Market access85
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary52
Lifelong learning49
Knowledge workers61
Scientists & engineers68
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
69
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy55
Jobs67
Education75.5
Health45
Safety85.3
Connectivity86
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
28.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 34.4%Diversified · HHI 2435
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 34.4%Construction 4.3%Trade · transport · ICT 12.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.7%Public · health · education 23.6%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,266M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€57M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€778M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€616M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€96M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€285M
2023 · EU pctl 5
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,700
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 36
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,200
2023 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,699M
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,472M
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€49,098M
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€513M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€535M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
30,270
2023 · EU pctl 5
Self-employed persons
2,930
2023 · EU pctl 4
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,190
2023 · EU pctl 19
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.3%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.4%
2019 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,400
2023 · EU pctl 4
Enterprise births
212
2023 · EU pctl 7
Enterprise deaths
226
2023 · EU pctl 7
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
16
2012 · EU pctl 49
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
214 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 77
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.1%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
151,626
2024 · EU pctl 8
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
621 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
622
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
832
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
46,088
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged 65+
18,283
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
10,412
2025 · EU pctl 9
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 73
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Live births
549
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
985
2024 · EU pctl 9
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
116 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 46
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,015 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
143 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
559 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
25 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
641 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
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